Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-5023

Title: Pligg Pligg Cms Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2011-5023

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Dec 29, 2011

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.61%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-5023: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Pligg CMS 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the search program, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3986.

Impacted Vendors

pligg 1

Reference Links

http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2257 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51274 https://sitewat.ch/Advisory/View/6 http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2257 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51274 https://sitewat.ch/Advisory/View/6

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-5023 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36496

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 29, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.